Dortmund: Dinara Wagner sole leader at Sportland NRW Cup

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/26/2023 – Dinara Wagner became the first sole leader at the Sportland NRW Cup in Dortmund, as she is the only player to have started the tournament with two wins in a row. Wagner beat Alexander Bagrationi with black on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the A-Open, the top three seeds — Matthias Bluebaum, Alexander Donchenko (pictured) and Michael Adams — also kicked off the event with 2 out of 2. The No-Castling Masters, with Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana, starts on Monday.
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A second win for Dinara

A sole leader emerged after two rounds at the Sportland NRW Cup. Dinara Wagner beat Israeli GM Alexander Bagrationi with black to become the only player who kicked off the 10-player event with back-to-back wins.

Bagrationi’s 56.Qc2 was the decisive mistake.

Bagrationi vs. Wagner

Keeping the queen on the f-file while creating threats of a perpetual check with 56.Qf5+ was the way to go in this position. Instead, after the text move, Wagner immediately grabbed the initiative with 56...Qf7+ 57.Ke1 Qf3.

Bagrationi realized that there was no way to save the game after allowing the infiltration of the black queen and resigned the game after playing 58.c6.

The other decisive game of the day in the single round-robin saw top seed Karthik Venkataram bouncing back from his round-1 loss by inflicting a second defeat on Arthur De Winter.

The atmosphere in the playing hall

Standings - Round 2

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Wagner, Dinara 2 2
2 Souleidis, Georgios 1,5 1
3 Köllner, Ruben Gideon 1,5 1
4 Besou, Hussain 1,5 1
Petrovskiy, Vadim 1,5 1
6 Karthik Venkataraman, 1 1
7 Schneider, Jana 0,5 0
Saltaev, Mihail 0,5 0
9 De Winter, Arthur 0 0
Bagrationi, Alexander 0 0

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1.e4 3 c5 10 2.Nf3 4 d6 14 3.d4 4 cxd4 5 4.Nxd4 4 Nf6 18 5.Nc3 4 a6 5 6.Nb3 4 e6 5:51 B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5. 7.g4 3 h6 5:37
8.Qe2N 1:36 Predecessor: 8.h4 b5 9.f3 b4 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Be3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bf2 Be7 14.Qd2 ½-½ Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2535)-Salem,A (2682) Titled Tuesday intern op 06th July blitz 2021 (6) 8...Qc7 3:02 The position is equal. 9.h4 4:17 b5 6:29 10.a3! 2:24 Bb7 1:23 11.Bf4 8:22 Nbd7 3:01 12.0-0-0 5:10 Rc8 7:31 13.Rh3 14:22 White wants to play g5. Ne5 3:40 13...g6= might be stronger. 14.g5 4:18 hxg5 1:30 15.hxg5 15:36 Rxh3 18 16.Bxh3 6 Nfd7 13 17.Bg3 10:57 17.Bd2± 17...g6!= 2:42 18.Nd4 11:40 18.f4= Nc4 19.Be1 18...Nc4 9:12 18...Qb6 19.Nd5 exd5 20.exd5 Rc5 19.Nd5 2:28 19.Bxe6!= was the only way to keep the balance. fxe6 20.Nxe6 19...Qa5 12:24 19...exd5 20.exd5+ Be7 20.Bxe6 9:59 fxe6 22 21.Nxe6 9:19 b4 4:13 22.Nxb4 0       22.Qg4!= and White has nothing to worry. 22...Nxa3!-+ 46
Threatens to win with ...Nc4. 23.Nxf8? 1:00 23.Qd3 Nc4 24.c3 23...Nc4 3:53 Black is clearly winning. 24.Kb1 0 Prevents Qa1+. Qxb4 7 25.c3 0 Qb5 14 Excellently played by Petrovskyi! Weighted Error Value: White=1.13/Black=0.20 (precise) 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
De Winter,A2378Petrovskyi,V24230–12023B90Sportland NRW Cup 20231.1
Karthik Venkataraman2548Souleidis,G24190–12023A22Sportland NRW Cup 20231.2
Besou,H2325Bagrationi,A24541–02023A42Sportland NRW Cup 20231.3
Wagner,D2447Saltaev,M24621–02023E05Sportland NRW Cup 20231.4
Schneider,J2326Koellner,R24290–12023C41Sportland NRW Cup 20231.5
Petrovskyi,V2423Koellner,R2429½–½2023C77Sportland NRW Cup 20232.1
Saltaev,M2462Schneider,J2326½–½2023C77Sportland NRW Cup 20232.2
Bagrationi,A2454Wagner,D24470–12023B21Sportland NRW Cup 20232.3
Souleidis,G2419Besou,H2325½–½2023B22Sportland NRW Cup 20232.4
De Winter,A2378Karthik Venkataraman25480–12023B81Sportland NRW Cup 20232.5
Karthik Venkataraman2548Petrovskyi,V24231–02023A29Sportland NRW Cup 20233.1
Besou,H2325De Winter,A2378½–½2023B94Sportland NRW Cup 20233.2
Wagner,D2447Souleidis,G2419½–½2023D07Sportland NRW Cup 20233.3
Schneider,J2326Bagrationi,A24540–12023B13Sportland NRW Cup 20233.4
Koellner,R2429Saltaev,M24621–02023B11Sportland NRW Cup 20233.5
Petrovskyi,V2423Saltaev,M24620–12023B19Sportland NRW Cup 20234.1
Bagrationi,A2454Koellner,R24290–12023E11Sportland NRW Cup 20234.2
Souleidis,G2419Schneider,J23261–02023C14Sportland NRW Cup 20234.3
De Winter,A2378Wagner,D2447½–½2023B33Sportland NRW Cup 20234.4
Karthik Venkataraman2548Besou,H2325½–½2023E51Sportland NRW Cup 20234.5
Besou,H2325Petrovskyi,V2423½–½2023C88Sportland NRW Cup 20235.1
Wagner,D2447Karthik Venkataraman2548½–½2023E11Sportland NRW Cup 20235.2
Schneider,J2326De Winter,A23780–12023B30Sportland NRW Cup 20235.3
Koellner,R2429Souleidis,G24191–02023D02Sportland NRW Cup 20235.4
Saltaev,M2462Bagrationi,A2454½–½2023B70Sportland NRW Cup 20235.5
Petrovskyi,V2423Bagrationi,A2454½–½2023B15Sportland NRW Cup 20236.1
Souleidis,G2419Saltaev,M2462½–½2023B12Sportland NRW Cup 20236.2
De Winter,A2378Koellner,R24291–02023C41Sportland NRW Cup 20236.3
Karthik Venkataraman2548Schneider,J23261–02023D35Sportland NRW Cup 20236.4
Besou,H2325Wagner,D24470–12023B99Sportland NRW Cup 20236.5
Wagner,D2447Petrovskyi,V24231–02023E08Sportland NRW Cup 20237.1
Schneider,J2326Besou,H2325½–½2023B13Sportland NRW Cup 20237.2
Koellner,R2429Karthik Venkataraman2548½–½2023D04Sportland NRW Cup 20237.3
Saltaev,M2462De Winter,A23780–12023B90Sportland NRW Cup 20237.4
Bagrationi,A2454Souleidis,G24191–02023B31Sportland NRW Cup 20237.5
Petrovskyi,V2423Souleidis,G24191–02023B15Sportland NRW Cup 20238.1
De Winter,A2378Bagrationi,A2454½–½2023C18Sportland NRW Cup 20238.2
Karthik Venkataraman2548Saltaev,M24621–02023B19Sportland NRW Cup 20238.3
Besou,H2325Koellner,R24290–12023C65Sportland NRW Cup 20238.4
Wagner,D2447Schneider,J23261–02023E11Sportland NRW Cup 20238.5
Schneider,J2326Petrovskyi,V24230–12023B92Sportland NRW Cup 20239.1
Koellner,R2429Wagner,D2447½–½2023D02Sportland NRW Cup 20239.2
Saltaev,M2462Besou,H2325½–½2023B90Sportland NRW Cup 20239.3
Bagrationi,A2454Karthik Venkataraman25480–12023E71Sportland NRW Cup 20239.4
Souleidis,G2419De Winter,A23781–02023B50Sportland NRW Cup 20239.5

Donchenko in good shape

In the A-Open, the top three seeds kicked off the event with consecutive wins, as Matthias Bluebaum, Alexander Donchenko and Michael Adams all belong to the 35-player pack sharing first place with 2 out of 2.

Donchenko got to play a nice combination against Adelard Bai on Sunday.

Donchenko vs. Bai

15.Nxf7, with a discovered attack against the rook on b8, gives White an edge in all the ensuing forcing lines. The game lasted 27 moves, as Donchenko was merciless in converting his advantage. The German grandmaster later shared his thoughts on the game with press officer Patrick Zelbel (in German).

Results - Round 2

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
Parvanyan,Ashot, 1 0 - 1 1 Blübaum,Matthias,
Donchenko,Alexander, 1 1 - 0 1 Bai,Adelard,
Meins,Gerlef, 1 0 - 1 1 Adams,Michael,
Ponomariov,Ruslan, 1 ½ - ½ 1 Harikrishnan.A.Ra,
Aryan Chopra, 1 1 - 0 1 Colpe,Malte,
Akesson,Ralf, 1 ½ - ½ 1 Svane,Rasmus,
Mendonca,Leon Luke, 1 1 - 0 1 Garner,Isaac,
Souhardo Basak, 1 0 - 1 1 Svane,Frederik,
Niedbala,Bartlomiej, 1 ½ - ½ 1 Safarli,Eltaj,
Prohaszka,Peter, 1 1 - 0 1 Niermann,Tristan,

Pairings - Round 3

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
Blübaum,Matthias, 2 2 Raja Rithvik R,
Dudin,Gleb, 2 2 Donchenko,Alexander,
Adams,Michael, 2 2 Janzelj,Tim,
Feuerstack,Aljoscha, 2 2 Aryan Chopra,
Willow,Jonah B, 2 2 Mendonca,Leon Luke,
Svane,Frederik, 2 2 Buckels,Valentin,
Guo,Arthur, 2 2 Prohaszka,Peter,
Laurent-Paoli,Pierre, 2 2 Muthaiah AL,
Kobo,Ori, 2 2 Wadsworth,Matthew J,
Pranav Anand, 2 2 Dolzhykova,Kateryna,

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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